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ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.comMon, 19 Mar 2018 14:40:51 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: pittsburgh361http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/28/legarrette-blount-meeting-with-steelers-on-friday/#comment-3266815
Fri, 28 Mar 2014 19:34:38 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2252034#comment-3266815Another great sign for a reasonable price.
]]>By: Nofoolnodroolhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/28/legarrette-blount-meeting-with-steelers-on-friday/#comment-3266595
Fri, 28 Mar 2014 18:47:14 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2252034#comment-3266595There’s nothing wrong with paying a QB $100 million … as long as the QB is worth that kind of money and he is the MAIN reason for his team’s success.
The Steelers are paying their QB elite money without elite results. His 28 TD passes and 20 turnovers last season would be “elite” if this were, say, 1978.
Once the Steelers’ elite defense disappeared, so have their playoff seasons. Now that it’s been established that the $100 million QB isn’t good enough to carry the team, it’s time to cut ties and invest that money into quality players who can help win.

Ah the weakly Ben bashing rant. Einstein QB’s worth their salt don’t grow on trees I am sad to inform you yet you continue with the same beating over and over again. The team is in transition not throw in the towel for 5-10 years mode where you look for the next QB you can bash.

]]>By: pittsburgh361http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/28/legarrette-blount-meeting-with-steelers-on-friday/#comment-3266471
Fri, 28 Mar 2014 18:21:21 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2252034#comment-3266471And jumpball joe and his 5ints per game is elite.
]]>By: bobzilla1001http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/28/legarrette-blount-meeting-with-steelers-on-friday/#comment-3266407
Fri, 28 Mar 2014 18:08:27 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2252034#comment-3266407There’s nothing wrong with paying a QB $100 million … as long as the QB is worth that kind of money and he is the MAIN reason for his team’s success.
The Steelers are paying their QB elite money without elite results. His 28 TD passes and 20 turnovers last season would be “elite” if this were, say, 1978.
Once the Steelers’ elite defense disappeared, so have their playoff seasons. Now that it’s been established that the $100 million QB isn’t good enough to carry the team, it’s time to cut ties and invest that money into quality players who can help win.
]]>By: blackngold4lifehttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/28/legarrette-blount-meeting-with-steelers-on-friday/#comment-3266317
Fri, 28 Mar 2014 17:51:52 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2252034#comment-3266317As of yesterday the Steelers are dead last in cap space available..Unless Blount takes a 1 year $1½ million deal its just a visit..I like the Mitchell signing and I was kinda upset Cotchery left with his 10 TDs and 85% of the Redzone TDs but after they signd Moore im alil more calm.He’s not a beast but he fits. I still wish they would change their philosophy on free agency and not just settle on players.Why not try and grab the best player available every once in a while? Its calld UPGRADING. IMO if your dead last in cap space you should have a few of pro bowl caliper players..not just 1
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Fri, 28 Mar 2014 17:35:30 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2252034#comment-3266204You can’t sign him with $1M of salary cap space available. He’s going to want a big payday if you will force him to run through the Ravens front seven two games a year.
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Because that front seven was so formidable last year especially in the 75-24 drubbing they took in the last 2 games last season.
]]>By: enoughofthatalreadyhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/28/legarrette-blount-meeting-with-steelers-on-friday/#comment-3266196
Fri, 28 Mar 2014 17:33:16 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2252034#comment-3266196B.R. does not take 1/3 of the payroll. He does not make $45 million a year. How does having a $100 million QB affect your cap other than the yearly hit? His $100 million contract was over a 6 year period. I do not understand the bland comments on here.
]]>By: cedarstrengthhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/28/legarrette-blount-meeting-with-steelers-on-friday/#comment-3266159
Fri, 28 Mar 2014 17:26:55 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2252034#comment-3266159For those of you yet to read it Eagles just released DJax…worries of gang activity.
]]>By: cedarstrengthhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/28/legarrette-blount-meeting-with-steelers-on-friday/#comment-3266060
Fri, 28 Mar 2014 17:13:00 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2252034#comment-3266060I know how hard it is to get a franchise QB, but drafting a kids that can play NOW before his rookie contract expires (see Wilson, Luck) might be the way to go. Paying guys $100 million kills the teams ability to maintain a quality roster, but I guess as long as teams will pay it there is nothing that will change. Look at RB’s teams aren’t paying them, and they’re taking less…There should be a CAP for each position (I know that’s not fair to the employee, or even remotely possible. Just saying).
]]>By: cedarstrengthhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/28/legarrette-blount-meeting-with-steelers-on-friday/#comment-3265955
Fri, 28 Mar 2014 17:01:56 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2252034#comment-3265955Unfortunately any team with a $100 million player on it’s roster is going to face CAP issues. With the cap the way it is there is not way teams can afford this lopsided spending and expect to have quality players at every position. Teams overspent when they thought they had room, now that they don’t they are paying for it. What is going to happen is teams will be unable to maintain Superbowl caliber rosters for more than 3 or 4 years, once the second contract hits big players want big money and if they can’t afford to pay them they will release them. The days of the dynasty may be over…
]]>By: blknyellow7http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/28/legarrette-blount-meeting-with-steelers-on-friday/#comment-3265805
Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:36:29 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2252034#comment-3265805The steelers have other ways of freeing up money. Woodleys money comes off as of june 1st… and there are other players they can restructure contracts. Blount would not be the primary back… just a #2
]]>By: bobzilla1001http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/28/legarrette-blount-meeting-with-steelers-on-friday/#comment-3265804
Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:36:25 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2252034#comment-3265804The word “never” is a severely strong word, especially when it is inaccurate. James Farrior was a free agent, arguably the best free-agent signing in Steelers history. Kevin Greene also comes to mind. So does Ryan Clark.
Larry Foote, Randle El, Plaxico Burris and William Gay were all brought back via free agency.
The Steelers have always shown fiscal responsibility with free agency, which in recent years has become a necessity because they have a $20 million-per-season QB to feed.
Have you noticed that teams with lots of cap space are teams that aren’t spending a third of their payroll on a QB?
]]>By: weepingjebushttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/28/legarrette-blount-meeting-with-steelers-on-friday/#comment-3265782
Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:13:45 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2252034#comment-3265782I wouldn’t visit the Steelers until mid-summer, Polamalu should be finished shedding by then.
]]>By: dryzzt23http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/28/legarrette-blount-meeting-with-steelers-on-friday/#comment-3265781
Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:13:19 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2252034#comment-3265781Can he block? Make him a cheap FB.
]]>By: Future HOF 20xxhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/28/legarrette-blount-meeting-with-steelers-on-friday/#comment-3265780
Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:12:22 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2252034#comment-3265780You can’t sign him with $1M of salary cap space available. He’s going to want a big payday if you will force him to run through the Ravens front seven two games a year.
]]>By: holeinone09http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/28/legarrette-blount-meeting-with-steelers-on-friday/#comment-3265771
Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:09:10 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2252034#comment-3265771Criticizing the Steelers for not making a big splash in free agency does not hold water. They have never used FA as a means to build the team. Since Chuck Noll, their philosophy has been to build through the draft. Yes, they have plucked some great FA’s over the years, but that is not what they look for or what their philosophy is. They will “augment” the team through FA, but not “build” it. I can imagine they plan their finances and cap space around that as well, so they normally have little to spend on new FA’s versus signing draft choices and their own key players. No Steeler fan is surprised at what they do. Now you can criticize the quality of some recent drafts, but you can’t criticize them for not spending megabucks on FA’s. They have never ever done that as a philosophy, and this Steeler fan does not expect them to do that.
]]>By: cedarstrengthhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/28/legarrette-blount-meeting-with-steelers-on-friday/#comment-3265750
Fri, 28 Mar 2014 15:55:29 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2252034#comment-3265750bucsfan21: TJ Duckett Michigan State lmao, great comparison. However I still think Blount is valuable. Bell can be the power they need Blount is not the starter, and no one is hoping for that.
]]>By: bucsfan21http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/28/legarrette-blount-meeting-with-steelers-on-friday/#comment-3265740
Fri, 28 Mar 2014 15:51:19 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2252034#comment-3265740Blount reminds me of TJ Duckett. Everyone wanted him to be a power guy. He wasn’t, and neither is Blount. Boom or bust, every run. Watched him lay down behind the line in Tampa too many times…
]]>By: pittsburgh361http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/28/legarrette-blount-meeting-with-steelers-on-friday/#comment-3265737
Fri, 28 Mar 2014 15:49:26 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2252034#comment-3265737All of our signings are done with precision. Were not the team that has to win free agency superbowl. We get people who will contribute for a reasonable price. Wait till nxt year and find out what you paid for with flacco 28 mill cap charge and see if the ravens can work the cap as well as pittsburgh does year in and out. Cuz flacco contract is going to get restructed year in and out till your going to either have to extend or cut in 2 years. Then Baltimore goes back to Kyle bollers days.
]]>By: steelerbenhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/28/legarrette-blount-meeting-with-steelers-on-friday/#comment-3265735
Fri, 28 Mar 2014 15:48:43 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2252034#comment-3265735raveallday says:
Mar 28, 2014 11:27 AM
Pls steerler fans, tell me one valuable free agent player that u have signed dis off-season?? Only backups from other teams
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Mike Mitchell. 26 year years old, six year pro. Three forced fumbels, two recoveries, and six interceptions. Two of his forced fumbles and four of his interceptions came last season starting for the Carolina Panthers, a playoff team with the fourth ranked defense in the NFL. He was brought in to replace Ryan Clark and help with the development of Shamarko Thomas (who will eventually replace Polumalu).

That is, however, an anomoly. The Steelers normally get role players in free agency and build their team through the draft.

]]>By: heartofsteel36http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/28/legarrette-blount-meeting-with-steelers-on-friday/#comment-3265733
Fri, 28 Mar 2014 15:48:09 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2252034#comment-3265733For those of you morons saying the Steelers are an old team, you need to stop playing Xbox in mommy’s basement and get your facts straight. The average age of the projected starting offense is just over 26 years old (Beachum, Foster, Pouncey, DeCastro, Gilbert, Brown, Wheaton, Moore, Miller, Bell, Roethlisberger). The average age of the projected starting defense (Polamalu, Mitchell, Allen, Taylor, Timmons, Williams, Worilds, Jones, Heyward, Thomas, McClendon) is under 27 years old. Take into account we will likely draft a CB in rounds 1 or 2 to start after Taylor retires in 2015, Shamarko Thomas will be Polamalu’s replacement, and this defense loses a 32 year old and 33 year old. Get your facts straight, the “old” comments made sense last year but certainly don’t apply this season. #clueless
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Fri, 28 Mar 2014 15:46:45 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2252034#comment-3265727Raveallday: Mike Mitchell was a solid starter for the Panthers top 5 defense last year…that’s one? However I doubt that you know if a football is inflated or stuffed. Your trolling only confirms that you know nothing about football and even less about your own ravens. Anyone who comes onto a sight and start spewing hypocritical B.S. doesn’t deserve to have their opinions heard. Ravens are doing the same crap. No way you can argue that Flacco deserves that much money, or that Ray Rice (arrest aside) had an even remotely good year. What do the Raven’s have at RB right now? and your talking about Pittsburgh signing Blount. The Ravens should be praying they don’t so that they will have someone to sign. Not to mention the Steve Smith? (which I think was smart), but you think Pittsburgh is signing “old players”. As a Steelers fan I will talk intelligent football with anyone who will listen, bias aside, but this pointless crap you throw out only makes people think that you are an f’ing tool.
]]>By: mr4thand1http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/28/legarrette-blount-meeting-with-steelers-on-friday/#comment-3265716
Fri, 28 Mar 2014 15:41:52 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2252034#comment-3265716Go Steelers!
]]>By: eddiek77http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/28/legarrette-blount-meeting-with-steelers-on-friday/#comment-3265714
Fri, 28 Mar 2014 15:41:24 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2252034#comment-3265714Blount would be a good addition, of course, but to say the team is Super Bowl-bound is folly. who is going to make up the D-Line? And if the D-Line can’t rush the passer, it will mean even more balls flying over Ike Taylor’s head for long completions. And can’t even begin to talk about the long-suspect O-line
]]>By: cedarstrengthhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/28/legarrette-blount-meeting-with-steelers-on-friday/#comment-3265692
Fri, 28 Mar 2014 15:33:09 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2252034#comment-3265692Negative, pointless and uninformed comments aside. I think Blount is a good addition for Pittsburgh. They need a compliment to their YOUNG talented RB and Blount certainly can give that to them. They have addressed Safety, ILB, WR, and LB which tells me that they will be going CB with their first pick (hopefully Gilbert or Denard)…I also see another WR, DL, OT, or RB in the draft as well. Personally I think with their finacial situation as it is they are doing fairly well in free agency. I would love to see them also get a Carlos Hyde or Charels Simms in a later round. Simms in my mind would be a steal for Pittsburgh in the 3rd or 4th round.
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Fri, 28 Mar 2014 15:31:10 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2252034#comment-3265686nickster31 about said it all there. Very true.
And LeVeon Bell really doesn’t need to come out in short yardage situations. He’s 6-1, @245, and FINISHES every play. But Bell and Blount would be a heck of a 1-2 punch for them. Hmm…Big Ben, Brown, Bell, and Blount, the ‘Killer B’s’!
]]>By: ravealldayhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/28/legarrette-blount-meeting-with-steelers-on-friday/#comment-3265678
Fri, 28 Mar 2014 15:27:51 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2252034#comment-3265678Pls steerler fans, tell me one valuable free agent player that u have signed dis off-season?? Only backups from other teams
]]>By: Rob Hylandhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/28/legarrette-blount-meeting-with-steelers-on-friday/#comment-3265671
Fri, 28 Mar 2014 15:26:03 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2252034#comment-3265671I think the patriots should let him go. Bruising backs are easy to find
]]>By: sellout1983http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/28/legarrette-blount-meeting-with-steelers-on-friday/#comment-3265660
Fri, 28 Mar 2014 15:21:46 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2252034#comment-3265660Who will block for him?
]]>By: nickster31http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/28/legarrette-blount-meeting-with-steelers-on-friday/#comment-3265640
Fri, 28 Mar 2014 15:13:38 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2252034#comment-3265640Ravens fans crack me up.

Pittsburgh looks at a player, he is automatically either old (regardless of age), horrible (regardless of stats) or a horrible signing (even if he fits exactly what we are looking for.

And if it was the Ravens signing him? Ozzie is the best GM that ever lived.

These fans crack me up. The reality is, every player the Steelers lost was replaced by a younger, better player. We are better than we were at the end of last season.